William van der Gouwen

The engraving by Gilliam van der Gouwen shows a 21.3 m (70 ft) long whale, which in third February 1598 on the Dutch coast between Scheveningen and Katwijk was stranded.
Original engraving by Jacob Matham, after Hendrik Goltzius.

Gilliam van der Gouwen (ca. 1640, Antwerp? - in or after 1720)[1] was a Dutch engraver. A beached whale between Scheveningen and Katwijk is one of his artworks. His engraving was for a 1684 publication (Pieter Cristiaenszoon Bor: Oorspronk, Begin, en Verfolgh der Nederlandsche Oorlogen. Vol. 4), and was based on a draft by Hendrik Goltzius and an engraving by Jacob Matham.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Gilliam van der Gouwen at the RKD
  2. ↑ artnet.com
  3. ↑ relewis.com
  4. ↑ museen-sh.de
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